Adjustable weather shield and antirattling device



March 18, 1930. G. c. LOFY 1,750,897

ADJUSTABLE WEATHER SHIELD AND ANTIRATTLING DEVICE Filed Dec. 10, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I \x g- L I an)? Cgwmvroni 7% M A TTORNEYS.

G. C. LOFY ADJUSTABLE WEATHER SHIELD AND ANTIRATTLING DEVICE March 18, 1930.

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Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE C. LOFY, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH '10 WILLIAM I. OANAVAN, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, AND ONE-FOURTH T CHARLES J. MAIER, 01'

DECATUR, ILLINOIS ADJUSTABLE WEATHER SHIELD AND ANTIRATTLIN'G DEVICE Application filed December 10,1928. Serial No. 324,953.

My invention relates to weather shields and anti-rattling devices for closure members such as doors and windows and the like for railway cars, boats, buildings, etc.; an

object being in this device particularly to provide a weather shield for doors and windows that will not only be weather proof but will aid in holding such doors and windows snugly and quietly in their intended operat- .ing alignment when in normal use.

A further object of my invention is to provide in connection with a weather proof shield for doors and windows and the like an organization adapted to prevent the rattling of windows or sliding doors and adapted to hold them with a springy urgency into proper operating alignment even after parts thereof have become somewhat worn.

A further object of my invention is to provide in connection with weather proof and anti-rattling equipment for closure members a combination of a weather strip and a springy engaging casing adapted to snugly and slidably engage the weather strip. to provide weather protection, a suitable seal and a substantial anti-rattling equipment for the closure member.

I attain the objects of my invention with the weather shield and anti-rattling device described in the specifications which follow, recited in the claims and illustrated in the drawings connected herewith.

Referring to the figures:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a section of my weather shield and anti-rattling device as it would appear assembled.

Fig. 2 is a perspective showing my invention as applied to use on a sliding door such as a car door or garage door or the like.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of a section of the inner channel and springy clamp member of my invention.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of the weather shield strip of my invention adapted to be the stationary member. 7

of my weather shield and anti-rattling device.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal cross section illustrating a manner in which the-device of my invention may be used on car windows or house windows and the like.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal cross section showing an-adaptation of my invention as applied to the steel structure of a coach window.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal cross section showing my device in use in a practical manner on a window or wood construction on a coach.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal cross section of the structure of a window casing suflicient to show my invention in use one. house or coach where the weather strip member is used as made from an angle bar.

Fig. 10 is a perspective illustrating a manner in which a springy engaging casing or channel may transversely engage weather strip member 3-- in situations where it may provide a more substantial seal at the top orbottom of window sash or a substantial seal for a sliding door when used on the face edge thereof.

Referring now in detail to the construction of my device and the preferred manner of operating the same the novel features of my invention in its essential details include an outer casing 1, an inner casing 2- and a weather shield member 3 wherein the inner casing is adapted by its own springy characteristics to fit snugly and slidably within outer casing -1.

The inner casing 2 is by construction rolled with its adjacent free edges formed to a springy tension in parallel throughout the length of the channel.

This member is preferably made of spring brass or'other suitable springy materials so that when in normal operation this inner channel may have a limited side movement with limited resistance within outer channel -1- while at the same time the springy ten- I sion in this inner channel member 2 not only holds this member slidably snug so that it will not rattle within casing 1 (it exformed in the makin pands springily against the inside walls thereof) but the parallel adjacent free edges my invention is in preferred normal use.

This weather strip is adapted to keep out the cold and wet weather conditions and dust which in many instances is diflicult to cope with in using sliding doors in railway cars or houses or arages or the like.

It will e seen that by providing such a springy slidable clamp engagement between inner casing 2- and weather strip member 3 that channel 2 will hold a snug sliding grip on weather strip member 3- throughout the sliding movement of the door or window on which my device may be 'op erated.

Such a grip permits transverse movement of channel -2- on weather strip 3- aswell as longitudinal movement while the springy enga ement of channel -member 2- within c annel member -1 will tend to prevent rattling of the moving door or window at any time. This is due to the limited resistance made by the springy expansion of channel member 2 within channel member -1-.

It will thus be seen that in cases where a door or window may through extended use become worn, rattlin thereof would be prevented as well as t e weather protection afforded b this device. a

In the rawings there is shown in Fig. 2,

an arrangement whereby my device may be used on a steel car door in which case the weather strip member 3- is secured to the under edge of the door heading 6- so as to allow inner edge 7- of member 3 to be snu 1y engaged by the clamp member --4- am? 5- of inner channel +-2-.

Outer channel -1- is substantially secured to steel door 8 or formed of a part thereof while inner channel 2 when in normal use may move transversely therein with limited resistance but may not move longitudinally therein. 4

There will thus be a tendency for the sliding door to move smoothly without rattling as it is supported by rollers -9- supported on track 10-.

and again inFigs. 1, 5, 6, 8, and 9 there is for convenience either'on the house or railway car window may be made of an angle bar; and other minor variations in form may from time to time be made in any one of the several essential members of my invention without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention but the preferred construction for meeting present needs are, in their essential features, illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specification and are recited in the claims which follow.

1 Having thus described the nature of my invention what I claim is:

1. An adjustable weather shield and antirattlingdevice comprising in combination an inner and an outer channel and a weather strip slidably engaged by the inner channel; said inner channel slidably and springily engaged by and within said outer channel.

2. A weather shield and anti-rattling device for doors'and windows and the like comprising in combination an outer channel castransversely and longitudinally with limited resistance within said outer channel; the adjacent free edges bent and disposed in close parallel alignment to form a springy clamp thereby; and a stationary metallic weather strip member slidably engaged by said clamp member for both transverse and longitudinal sliding movement thereon with limited resistance; whereby when said weather shield is in use on a door or window or the like the weather shield will not only protect from the weather but will tend to keep the moving parts of a closure member into snugly fitting operating alignment and prevent rattling and noisy operation thereof even when the fitting parts become worn.

4. In a weather shield and anti-rattling device of the character describedfor closure members having a relatively fixed weather strip and a relatively movable outer channel member; an inner channel member provided with a pair of parallel cooperating lips; said inner channel slidably and springily engaging the front and rear inner walls of said outer channel and normally spaced from the inner side walls thereof for transverse or longitudinal movement therein under limited springy resistance; said lips of the inner channel adapted to slidably engage said rela- 5 tively fixed weather strip; said transverse movement of said inner channel adapted to eliminate binding between relatively movable and stationary members when the closure members to which the shield members are 10 attached are in normal 0 ration. In witness whereof, hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE G. LOFY. 

